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i agree with william here, the bucket is the best, if you have just one tank, and dont worry mutch about the fish beeing stressed, because the get used to it, since they are young (aquarium strains), still you can make litle improvments, like ading a siphon and leting the fresh water drip through a hose drop by drop (you can control the flow by bending the hose between the tank lid).

Thanks for this. I'm planning on a middle-of-the-road community tank just now because of my inexperience. I've been getting advice from my BIL but I'm going to add a couple of Platy's towards the end of the week and see how they go.